Rissoella

Rissoella
Live Rissoella opalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subterclass:	Acteonimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissoelloidea
Family:	Rissoellidae
Genus:	Rissoella Gray, 1847
Type species
Rissoella diaphana (Alder, 1848)
Synonyms
Heterorissoa Iredale, 1912 Jeffreysia Alder [in Forbes & Hanley], 1850 Jeffreysiella Thiele, 1912 Jeffreysina Thiele, 1925 Jeffreysiopsis Thiele, 1912 Rissoella (Jeffreysiella) Thiele, 1912 Rissoella (Phycodrosus) Rehder, 1943 Rissoella (Rissoella) Gray, 1847 Rissoella (Zelaxitas' Finlay, 1926 Zelaxitas Finlay, 1926

Rissoella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropods, in the family Rissoellidae.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Rissoella

Synonyms

• Rissoella bakeri A. M. Strong, 1938: synonym of Elachisina bakeri (A. M. Strong, 1938)
• Rissoella bifasciata (Carpenter, 1857): synonym of Barleeia bifasciata (Carpenter, 1856)
• Rissoella californica Bartsch, 1927: synonym of Elachisina grippi Dall, 1918
• Rissoella duperrei (Vélain, 1877): synonym of Eatoniella duperrei (Vélain, 1877)
• Rissoella excolpa Bartsch, 1920: synonym of Elachisina grippi Dall, 1918
• Rissoella glaber Gray, 1847: synonym of Rissoella glabra Gray, 1847: synonym of Rissoella diaphana (Alder, 1848) (wrong gender agreement)
• Rissoella glabra Gray, 1847: synonym of Rissoella diaphana (Alder, 1848)
• Rissoella johnstoni F. Baker, Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1930: synonym of Elachisina johnstoni (F. Baker, Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1930)
• Rissoella paupercula (C. B. Adams, 1852): synonym of Barleeia paupercula (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Rissoella punicea (Laseron, 1950): synonym of Rissoella secunda (Iredale, 1912)

References

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Ponder, W.F. (1966). The New Zealand species previously known as Zelaxitas Finlay, 1927 (Mollusca Gastropoda). Records of the Dominion Museum 5: 163–176
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
• Petit R.E. (2012) John Edward Gray (1800-1875): his malacological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 3214: 1–125. page(s): 101

External links

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• Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219
• Thiele, J. (1912). Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. 13, Zoologie. 5(2): 185-285, pls 11-19.
• Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
• Iredale, T. (1912). New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(3): 217-228
• Robertson R. 1962. Supplementary notes on the Rissoellidae. Notulae Naturae, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 352: 1-2
• Natural History Museum Rotterdam: images of Rissoella
• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

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